JCB upgrades skid steer loaders to Stage V

At a special event at its World HQ in Staffordshire, Northwest England, last week (ended 16 Februrary 2023) JCB unveiled significant upgrades to four of its skid steers, bringing them into the Stage V era. Upgrades include a new JCB DieselMAX 430 engine delivering 55kW (74hp), more torque and reduced fuel use; a17cm (7in) touchscreen display for easy access to machine settings; electro-hydraulic auto bucket levelling as standard on Teleskid; soft-touch control buttons in vertical cab pillar position; and revised cab structure for improved all-round visibility.
The upgraded large platform machines are the 270 skid steer, its tracked counterpart the 270T, the JCB Teleskid 3TS-8W. Also announced was an upgrade to the small-platform 155 wheeled machine.
iVT editor Tom Stone was at the launch and spoke to Georgia Pedley-Mackenzie, a business degree apprentice at JCB, to find out more about the new vehicles.